D'Alessandro Set For Portsmouth Return?

Andres D'Alessandro could be set for a return to England, with up to twelve Premiership clubs thought to be interested in signing the Zaragoza midfielder.

D'Alessandro's well publicised falling out with Zaragoza coach Victor Fernandez and teammate Pablo Aimar has alerted the clubs to his availability, with Portsmouth said to be heading the queue for his signature.

The Argentine spent time on loan at Portsmouth in 2006 and proved to be a big favourite with the Fratton Park crowd, playing an instrumental part in their successful bid to avoid relegation from the Premiership.

D'Alessandro Made to Train Alone by Zaragoza

Andres D'Alessandro has again proved to be a disruptive entity during a Zaragoza training session, only a week after he and Pablo Aimar came close to blows.

D'Alessandro had a frank exchange of words with coach Victor Fernandez following training on Tuesday, where he is thought to have blamed the manager for the side's current poor run of form. When he turned up for training today, he was told that he would not be training with the rest of the team. He instead spent one-on-one time with the team's physical coach.

This is apparently just the latest in a series of rows between D'Alessandro and his coach, with many at the club now feeling that the Argentine playmaker will be sold in the January transfer window.

The former River Plate star has struggled to settle in Europe, although he has shown sporadic flashes of brilliance over the last year for Zaragoza. It will be interesting to see if any other European teams will take a punt on him in January, or whether he is destined to return to Argentina.

Aimar and D'Alessandro Close to Blows in Training Incident

Argentine midfielders Pablo Aimar and Andres D'Alessandro came close to fighting one another after a training ground bust-up at Real Zaragoza today.

The incident came about after D'Alessandro had a goal disallowed in a training match. Aimar and D'Alessandro started to argue over the reasoning, with the discussion soon turning aggressive. Diego Milito and Sergio Fernandez had to separate the players before the argument turned to violence.

Aimar played down the incident:

"In training, when one trains well and hard it often happens. When it does not happen is is worrying because one is not working with the intensity that they should be. We are all highly motivated".

D'Alessandro refused to speak to reporters upon leaving the training ground.